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• Press Release Report: Endangered Species Act is a Win-Win for National Parks and Imperiled Species Mar 2019 Amid ongoing political attacks on the Endangered Species Act, a new report explores the mutual and far-reaching benefits of the law to threatened and endangered fish, plants and wildlife as well as national parks. 
• Blog Post ‘A Silent but Most Effective Voice’: Ansel Adams and Advocacy Oct 2016 | By Phil Archer One famed photographer used his gift to protect the landscapes that gave him inspiration.
• Press Release National Parks Conservation Association Welcomes New Director to Head New York City Office Feb 2014 Cortney Worrall to serve as Northeast senior regional director
• Press Release Alaska Denies Crucial Safe Zone for Denali Wolves Feb 2017 The state of Alaska Board of Game rejected a proposal to reinstate a wolf safe zone outside a portion of Denali National Park and Preserve. The proposal would have prevented hunting and trapping of Denali’s wolves when they roam out of the park onto nearby state land.
• Policy Update Background: National Park Transportation Needs Oct 2015 If you’ve ever driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hopped on a shuttle along the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, taken the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, or hiked along the Half Dome Trail in Yosemite, you’ve experienced some of the wide variety of transportation infrastructure found in our national parks.
• Magazine Article Early Birds & Night Owls Fall 2015 | By Nicholas Lund Could a trio of devoted birders break a Washington, D.C., bird-watching record set in 1989?
• Magazine Article Wasting Away Fall 2018 | By Kate Siber Deer, elk and moose across the country are dying from a mysterious ailment. Can the Park Service help in the race to stop chronic wasting disease?
• Press Release Conservation Groups Push for Long Overdue Air Pollution Controls at Wyoming's Coal Plants Mar 2014 Local residents and groups appeal to federal court for clean air standards
• Magazine Article My Maine Spring 2017 | By Nicholas Lund A Maine native reflects on the state’s new national park.
• Blog Post More Reasons to Love Marjory Stoneman Douglas Apr 2019 | By Cara Capp This tireless advocate worked for decades to defend the Everglades, and we remember her on what would have been her 129th birthday.
• Blog Post 5 Ways Zinke Can ‘Pivot’ for Parks Oct 2018 | By Theresa Pierno Last May, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told environmental leaders that he would make a “grand pivot” to prioritize conservation over energy development, but we’re still waiting to see him follow through. NPCA’s president and CEO offers 5 concrete steps he can take right now to make a measurable difference for our national parks.
• Policy Update Position on Reauthorization of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act Jul 2019 NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. 
• Press Release National Parks Group Applauds EPA's Final Bristol Bay Assessment for Warning of 15 Mines Beyond Pebble, Including 3 Prospects Adjacent to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Jan 2014 Statement by Melissa Blair, Alaska Program Manager, National Parks Conservation Association
• Magazine Article Park Palette Winter 2021 With 11 residencies under her belt, Heather Heckel is painting and drawing her way through the National Park System. 
• Spotlight Gema Perez's Story May 2019 Community activist Gema Perez experiences air quality challenges in California’s San Joaquin Valley and nearby national parks.
• Policy Update Testimony: Fiscal Year 2016 Interior Appropriations Mar 2015 Written testimony by Craig Obey for the Public and Outside Witness Hearing for House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on March 18, 2015.
• Press Release Time is Now to Link President's Energy Strategy with Strong Protections for National Parks Mar 2015 Administration's Proposals on Right Track, But Need to Finalize Necessary Protections
• Blog Post Teen Ambassadors Paddle Voyageurs National Park and Advise the Park Service Sep 2012 | By Tawnya Schoewe Staff from the National Park Service and two of its partner organizations just wrapped up the first year of an innovative new program aimed at getting youth interested in the national parks.
• Press Release Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park Sep 2018 “Time does not erase the original error, and there is no statute of limitations for correcting this assault on lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation” -- NPCA's Michael Jamison
• Policy Update Testimony: Public Witness Day for FY19 Appropriations Apr 2018 Written testimony by John Garder, NPCA Director of Budget and Appropriations, for the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.
• Blog Post One Step Closer to Chicago’s First National Park Jan 2014 | By Lynn McClure Today, just days after the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, Congress is one step closer to preserving a Chicago site rich with Civil Rights and labor rights history by introducing legislation that would name the historic Pullman neighborhood as the city’s first national park.
• Magazine Article The Art of Gaman Fall 2011 | By Delphine Hirasuna Bearing the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.
• Press Release Obama Administration Supports Continuing Investment in Great Lakes Restoration Feb 2012 President's Goal Announced at White House Briefing with Great Lakes Leaders
• Press Release Utah Air Quality Board Approves Regional Haze Plan, Paving the Way for More Air Pollution in National Parks and Local Communities Jun 2019 It is unacceptable that Utah is again failing to protect our parks, local economies and visitors, especially at a time when the state so desperately needs bold leadership to combat air pollution problems.
• Press Release EPA's Proposed Texas Haze Plan Will Keep Air Across Our National Parks Hazy Aug 2018 Proposed EPA Haze Plan fails to require modern pollution controls on Texas Coal plants
• Blog Post Protecting Our Great Waters Mar 2012 | By Chad Lord More than two-thirds of all national park units are located in Great Waters watersheds, and the ways we use the land around national parks impacts the quality and quantity of water in national parks.
• Blog Post The 5 Best Things That Happened for Parks This Summer Jul 2020 ICYMI: Even amid a global pandemic and months of bad news, advocates won huge victories for our national parks and the people who love them.
• Press Release Air Permit Issued for Proposed Refinery Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park Jun 2018 More than 10,000 people opposed the refinery, citing negative impacts to the park's air quality in written comments
• Press Release New Report Shows America's National Parks Are in Jeopardy Jun 2011 National Parks Conservation Association Says Obama Administration Must Address Threats Facing National Parks and Develop Comprehensive Long Term Plan for Parks
• Magazine Article Goats Go Home Winter 2019 | By Jonathan Shipley Olympic National Park’s nonnative mountain goats are being rounded up and shipped to the Cascade Mountains.

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